# Gurana Village, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shamli, Muzaffarnagar 

# Gurana

Gurana is a village in Shamli sub-district of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,804 people in 295 households**, the 89th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 1,804people (2011)
- 295households
- 60.8%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurana

Of every 100 households in Gurana in 2011, 16 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gurana · ■ Shamli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**42%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****45%**

**68%

Television ****11%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**4%

None of these assets ****26%**

**12%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gurana?

■ Gurana · ■ Shamli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**874

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**836

Working population ****21.4%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 48.5% for women. 38% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 171 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (30%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 35 (9%) · **■** Marginal 51 (13%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Shamli

- Barla Jat1,871 people
- Matnawali1,866 people
- Ahamadpur1,854 people
- Abdullapur Urf Morj Majra1,818 people
- Adampur1,786 people
- Khanpur1,733 people
- Nagal1,697 people
- Peer Khera1,620 people

[All 135 villages in Shamli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/muzaffarnagar/shamli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurana?1,804 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurana in?Muzaffarnagar district (Shamli sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gurana?60.8% (Census 2011)